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The Outcasts Of Poker Flat Summary

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“The Outcasts of Poker Flat” by Bret Harte is an example of local color regionalism. This story focuses on the characters, dialect, customs of Poker Flat’s outcasts. Also, this story glorifies the small town of Poker Flats. The story focuses on 6 characters, John Oakhurst (the gambler), the Duchess (prostitute) , Mother Shipton (prostitute), Uncle Billy (town drunk), Tom Simson, and Piney Woods (run aways). All of the characters are expected to come from the Wild West. The dialect of the characters is from the old west. They use words such as, “reckon,” “agin,” “yer,” “deported wickedness,” “Volley of expletives,” “square fun,” “ashheels,” etc. All of these characters were exiled from the town of Poker Flats because they did not follow the

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